Law 874: Seminar in Advanced Copyright Law Topics

Assignment for October 13: Music Licensing, part 1

  1. Review §§ 106, 114, 115

  2. Glance at §§ 111, 116, 118, 119, 122, 801, 803, 804, 805, 1006, 1007

  3. Read pages 1-132 of the the Register of Copyright's 2015 Report, Copyright and the Music Marketplace (another copy is here).

  4. Read an edited version of In re Pandora Media, 6 F. Supp. 3d 317 (SDNY 2014), aff’d sub. nom. Pandora Media, Inc. v. ASCAP, 785 F.3d 73 (2d Cir. 2015).

  5. Optional: Read Peter DiCola, Money from Music: Survey Evidence on Musicians’ Revenue and Lessons About Copyright Incentives, 55 Arizona Law Review 301 (2013).

 

Upload a short (250-300 word) reaction to paper to Canvas by 3:00 pm on Tuesday, October 11.